Tribal Law - Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; National Indian Law Library, Native American Rights Fund

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota - Tribal Law

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Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Tribal Code.

26.14.070 Extortion

A person who purposely obtains property of another by threatening to: inflict bodily injury on anyone or commit any other criminal offense, or accuse anyone of a criminal offense, or expose any secret tending to subject any person to hatred, contempt or ridicule or to impair his credit or business repute, or

take or withhold action as an official or cause an official to take or withhold action, or bring about or continue a strike, boycott or other collective unofficial action, if the property is not demanded or received for the benefit of the group in whose interest the actor purports to act, or testify or provide information or withhold testimony or information with respect to another's legal claim or defense, or inflict any other harm which would not benefit the actor, shall be guilty of a Class [3] three offense.